Ice cream cone packing container



Jan. 3, 1939.

A. LEVY ICE CREAM GONE PACKING CONTAINER Filed Jari. 9, 1957 PatentedJan. 3, 1939 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 1 Claim.

This invention relates to packing cases. More particularly, it relatesto the type of packing receptacle adapted to hold a plurality of stacksof nested ice cream cones.

One of the objects of this invention is to provide a packing case forice cream cones in which a plurality of stacks of nested cones areadapted to be supported therein in such manner as to prevent breaking,and in which the Whole assembly of ice cream cones is prevented fromsagging in the center by novel supporting means.

Another object of this invention is to provide a packing case for icecream cones of the character described which shall be relativelyinexpensive to manufacture, Which shall comprise few and simple parts,Which shall be rugged in construction, which shall be neat inappearance, and at the same time, be highly effective for the purposesintended.

Other objects of this invention will in part be obvious and in parthereinafter pointed out.

The invention accordingly consists in the features of construction,combination of elements, and arrangement of parts which will beexemplified in the construction hereinafter described, and of which thescope of application Will be indicated in the following claim.

In the accompanying drawing, in which is shown one of the variouspossible illustrative embodiments of this invention,

Fig. 1 is an elevational View, partly sectional, of a packing caseembodying my invention;

Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken substantially on the line 2-.2 ofFig. 1;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged View of a fragment of the structure shown in Fig.1; and

Fig. 4 is a plan view of reduced size illustrating one of the elementsthat go to make up the invention.

Referring now in detail to the drawing, there is shown a packing case Iarranged in accordance with my invention to hold a supply of nested icecream cones. Said case I0 may be of cylin drical metallic construction,as shown, or it may be of any other desired shape ormaterial. A cover 25of usual construction may be employed. My novel means for supporting thenested ice cream cones Within the container IIJ will now be described.

I employ a cylindrical support II which may be made of any suitablematerial, such as cardboard, and Which is of a diameter slightly lessthan the inside diameter of the case I0. The height of said support I Iis designed to be slightly greater than the depth of an ice cream cone(Cl. 20G- 65) for reasons which will soon become apparent. On the topedge of the support II I place a. flat annular member I2, shown indetail in Fig. 4, having a plurality of concentrically arranged spacedperforations I5. Both the support II and the member I2 may beconstructed of cardboard or similar material. 'I'he size of each of theperforations I5 is slightly less than the diameter of the uppermost partof the cone so that when a cone is placed in such perforation, it willnot fall through. It is noted that the diameter of the member I2 isgreater than the diameter of the support II so that a portion of saidmember l2 is adapted to extend beyond the pe` riphery of said supportIl. A plurality of stacks of nested cones C are then placed in theperiorations I5. It will be noted from Figs. l and 3 of the drawing thatthe lovvermost cone of each stack does not contact the bottom of thecontainer and, therefore, the total Weight of the nests of cones C issupported by the member I2, which in turn is supported by the member Il.While any number of cones may be used in a nesting, it is desirable thateach nesting of cones contains the same amount of cones so that theoverall height of all the stacks of nested cones will be the same inorder to build up the assembly as will now be described.

On the top edge of each uppermost cone of the plurality of nestings ofcones just described, I rest another annular member I2 similar inconstruction to the member I2, and also provided with a plurality ofperforations I5'. Into each of the perforations I5 of the members I2 areplaced additional stacks of nested cones C'. On the top layer of conesof the second group of nested cones C there may be placed a thirdannular member I2 adapted to hold another set of nestings of cones C'K.The container I may thus be packed with any desired number of ice creamcones by increasing or decreasing the number of perforated members I2.

In order to prevent the entire above described assembly of ice creamcones Within the casing II) from sagging in the center, there isprovided an addtional inner support 20 Which is of much smaller diameterthan the support II and which is preferably circular and concentric withthe support II. 'Ihe support 20 is so arranged as not to cross any ofthe perforations I5 of the inner roW of perforations. In other Words,this support 20 is positioned between the center of the member I2 andthe inner row of perforations I5. It is thus seen that the entire stackof ice cream cones is given additional support where the weight of theentire structure is most likely to sag and thus the ice cream cones arekept in proper position and prevented from breaking. At the same time,the nesting of ice cream cones arranged in layers, as above described,presents a. very neat appearance for the packing and shipment of icecream cones.

It will thus be seen that there is provided a device in which theseveral objects of this invention are achieved, and which is welladapted to meet the conditions of practical use.

As various possible embodiments might be made of the above invention,and as various changes might be made in the embodiment above set forth,it is to be understood that all matter herein set forth or shown in theaccompanying drawing, is to be interpreted as illustrative and not in alimiting sense.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent:

Y A packing case for ice cream cones comprising a hollow casing having abottom wall and a cylindrical side wall, a at perforated member similarin contour to and adapted to fit freely Within said casing, means forsupporting said perforated member in said casing, said 1astnamed meanscomprising a pair of relatively rigid hollow nested members concentricwith the side wall of said casing and having their lower edges restingon the bottom Wall of said casing, the upper edge of the rst of saidpair of supporting members contacting said flat member at a pointadjacent the outer edge of said iiat member, and the second of said pairof supporting members contacting said flat member at a point parallel toand spaced inwardly from said supporting member.

ABRAHAM LEVY.

